Austin Pritcher (Charleston, S.C.), the Southern Conference Pitcher of the Month in February and Joe Jackson (Mauldin, S.C.), who was recently named to the SoCon All-Freshman team, will be playing together this summer with the Columbia Blowfish of the Coastal Plains League. Pritcher picked up the win for the Blowfish in their season opener, firing 5.0 innings and allowing two runs, two hits, two walks and struck out six at Gastonia. Jackson is hitting .400 with three RBI in the first two games of the season.

After seeing his first action with the Bulldogs in May 2011, Ryan Hines (Hanahan, S.C.) will play for the Spartanburg Spartans in the Southern Collegiate Baseball League. In the same league, Logan Cribb (Rock Hill, S.C.) will be playing for the Carolina Stingers near home in Fort Mill for the summer.

A trio of Bulldogs who just completed their freshman year at The Citadel will be playing together on the North Charleston Dixie Majors as Bryce Hines (Hanahan, S.C.), Ryan Kilgallen (Goose Creek, S.C.) and Hughston Armstrong (Columbia, S.C.) team up to play together.

Minor League Update

Dallas McPherson (Randleman, N.C.) recently saw his first action in the major leagues since 2008 in May when his contract was bought by the Chicago White Sox. McPherson saw action in 11 games, scoring a run and picking up a pair of hits before being reassigned back to the Charlotte Knights, the AAA-affiliate of the White Sox, where he hit .305 with 17 runs, 36 hits, nine doubles, three homers, 12 walks and 17 RBI before being called up.

After staying down for extended spring training, the wait paid off this week for former Bulldog Bryan Altman (Summerville, S.C.) as he was called up the San Antonio Missions, the AA-affiliate of the San Diego Padres in the Texas League. He has seen action in four games this week and is slated to play against an old teammate from The Citadel this weekend as Chris Swauger (Tampa, Fla.) and the Springfield Cardinals, the AA-affiliate of St. Louis are scheduled to play a three-game set.

Swauger is hitting .287 with 15 runs scored, four doubles, three homers, 11 walks and 13 RBI in 35 games so far in 2011. In the Carolina League with the Myrtle Beach Pelican, the Class-A Advanced affiliation of Texas, Chris McGuiness (Charleston, S.C.) is hitting .282 with 10 runs, six doubles, 12 walks, a homer and 10 RBI, but is currently on the disabled list having last seen action on May 13.

Matt Crim (Charleston, S.C.) has moved back to the Lynchurg Hillcats, the Class-A Advanced affiliate of Atlanta after getting a promotion and making three starts for the Mississippi Braves in AA. Despite 10 strikeouts in 11.0 innings of work, Crim went 0-2 with an ERA of 5.56. In Lynchburg, Crim has started and seen action out of the bullpen in 10 total appearances.

In his first four starts of the 2011 season, Asher Wojceichowski (Sturgis, Mich.) found a great deal of success with the Dunedin Blue Jays, the Class-A Advanced affiliate of Toronto. The former Bulldog then hit a rough patch in four out of five starts, but put on perhaps the best performance of his minor league career in his most recent start on May 29 at St. Lucie when he hurled a career-high 7.0 innings, allowing just two hits, a walk and struck out seven in the win.

Continuing to find success with the Peoria Chiefs, the Class-A affiliate of the Chicago Cubs is Richard Jones (Sumter, S.C.) who is batting .320 with 21 runs, 54 hits, 15 doubles, eight homers, 28 RBI and 93 total bases. Jones has recorded a hit in 10 of his last 11 games with six of those being multi-hit contests.

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